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BILLY AGAIN , BOYS . / we rally ^ ia . boys ' * e must not resign , Sat escb storm we encounter , lefe nobly brave ; « & better to perish at Liberty ' a shrine , And the last drop of blood in her altars to lave . / A ! yes , it ia better , far better to die la » glorious caase tb&n topics beneath chains jp the heroes tbfrt fall there's a tew and a ugh , f ^ s ilst a kindred heart en the earth there remains . jben let ' s rally again , boys , acd sere ? despair , Brry ojuJsnghk of £ utkm well boldly resist , jje tbe vaults of ( be dungeon we're destin'd to share Tet until we hsve eonquer'd well never desist .
ffi awhile they say tenure and murder the brave , But the blood of each martyr will spring into life , Wl the footstepi of every tyrant and « lave Are wash ' d out , and so longer pollute tbe Surearta . jjjen let ' s rally again , boys , there ' s strength enough yet In the racks where the embers of liberty glow ; Jfee blood they hare shed , let as never forget , Bat strike for onr freedom one Yigarens blow . jpo they bafile , they cannot snbdoe us for long , When suited in one mighty phalanx we be ; Jfben our hearts they are fins as our aims they are strong , B » tyrants will tzemble , " the epprenM will go free /' jt ? n let ' s rally again , boys , we never will rest , for ins tyxauts trbo bind v » so peace aoaU there be , Jpl each slave is tmfetter'd and freedom has blessM
jlie land of oar birth , and proclaim'd " we are free . " Oppressors may pot to the rack the oppreeM , Tbcir murderous hands in our blood they may drench ; Jjst the fire that boms in each patriot ' s bxea&t Per glomus freedom , they never can quench . fken let ' s rally again , boys , proscription well brave , . Unto liberty ' s banner on high is unfurl'd , And the standard of freedom o ' er tyranny ' s grave f < h »» be planted in triumph all over the world . J . W . C Bristol , Dec . 5 th , 1812 .
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~ TTRAHTTT AND OPPRESSION . Tcxx , — " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled , ' Tee press of London ' s been at war In spreading base designs atu , ITiifel the little Eyadng Star Came scantling liberty . For sow ' s the time , and bow ' s the hoar , ' That we should round oar standard show'r , Show Whig and Tory Chartist powV , 3 ) 3 termin'd to be free . And hai l the Forther * Star so bright Jtidst Tory plots it braves the fight , la advocating Coartart right , Unflinching stands Use test
And did support onr noble cause Against the Whigs' tyrannis laws ; O'Connor ' s name shall gain applause . By working m * m opprest . That wishes no vSe tynnt knaves To keep us bound as despot slaves ; Onrotmntry calls , our country craves , 7 > o more to bend their knee . So let tin Stars puisne their course , Ihe lon ^ tng path , to freedom ' s aoosce ,. Still tgitattaf moral force , To kt the world see . We wish so weapon now to wield , No fiery steed , mor battle shield , Box firmly stand , and keep the field , Until we gain the day .
They try to crash onr cause with rear Qf gans and bayonets , sword and spear , loose weapons soon shall disappear , And fall into decay . See Holberry and Clayton too , The people ' s rights they did pursue , till snar ' by that accursed crew , They met untimely grave * . In dark , damp dungeons chain'd did lie , XTe worse than felons left to die , SsSl lea i on democrats did cry , Sneh tyrants for to brava . Those base fl « "gm » g kssvca afaall dread With quaking fear when life has fled , The rising spirits of the dead , When justice shall appear .
Before that awful power above , That sits npon the throne of love , Both judge asd witness fox to prove Sash tyrant ' s cue severe . Their children weep and widows moaa For those two martyrs dead and gone , While Tnminmi of o « r coantry groan , And sigh for liberty . When thus rsfns'd onrjnst demand , let us unite , go road in hand , From deap « s slavery break the band That binds onr country . Arouseirom Iethergy ' s repose , And watch those keen bloodthirsty foes , With might onr legal rights oppose , By cuTWid tyranny .
Is strength of union bow we see The females joia in unity , And shares ia straggles to be free From bonds of slavery . Aloud than freedom ' s trumpet sound , Where basest tyranny abound , Ko more oppression shall be fomd To cause this land to wafl * Should freedom glow within your breast , Let not our canse for justice rest , Sot feel for them that are opprest , And freed from r * w » frn » or bail-Thfnk on tbe ceils where atulyis died , Shrink not from those soon to be tried , Let victims' funds be well supplied , And gain the victory .
Sow onward , Chartists , onward press , Believe onr brethren to distress ; Thai * grievous wrongs we shall redress , And proudly set them free . From chains and filthy dungeons shun , Ko more the tools for despots * fan , But the cause so well begun , Then liberty shall smile , Asd Start like eagles' wings so free Shall spread and root out tyranny , And reign alone triumphantly Throughout the British isle . J . Bishop fcttpsie , Nov . Sth , 1812 .
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i _** J ^' S ~ Stopct Death . —On Monday morngfcilr . Blackburn held an inquest at the Court "a * , on the body of an old man eighty years of ^ V « ose name was said to be Thos . Bnnvn . " He ™* e from York by railway on Saturday , and etop-F * 11 Mr . John Tailor ' s , -who keeps a coffee and « gme house , m the street leading from Hunslet-« e to the railway station . He stated there that « was going to his parish at Hothwell , but that he * M to wait until a box came from York . He had
» ae refreshment and went to bed between four adirFe o doek- He -was found dead on Sunday ¦ wmn gbj Mr . Taylor , Wfl 0 immediately sent for « r . Kaddoet , gnrgeon , by -whom a post mortem Panuna / iofl of the body was made , from which it ffeared thst the old man bxd died in a fainting fit , " exhaustion ; the muscles of the heart being bo wwnated as to be bereft of power to impel the R ation . Yerdict— * Found dead in bed from ¦ w ral causes *
* kttr > Btbst . —On Monday morning , an inquest Wield at ihe Court House , before John Blackburn , * 22 on the body of Elizabeth Cairan , aUttle-girl S » jears of age , who was burnt to death on S 5 ™ y . Bight . The mother of the girl is a widow , t ?~™ £ « i a cellar , in Steadman ' s Court , Usbong « , and obtains a livelihood by hawking . She r * »» e to market on Saturday night , leaving her ggttt child in bed , and the dialed to takTcare S «» house After being left alone , it would seem 2 * tte girl had locked herself in the house , and had 2 r * * , across some chairs in front of the fire , f allen asleep . A coal from the fire , or some r ^ ewise , set the clothes on fire , and when distted ™? I ^ « hi >< wre who had to break open «/ £ / f - ^ ii terallj burns to a cinder , everv rag L * wewn and her mother ' B clothea , on which she T * peen laid , beinp eonmm ^ . Sh « lintwrsd in
Y ^ nu a gony for a few hours , and then died in the ^^** T . Verdict , " Accidental death . y ^ ° r Cotobct . —On Saturday latt , a bid ad-^ ° rears , named Bobert tteedhain , wio re-5 ? 5 ^ Qfl * rn HU 1 church , wa » charged before 2 ^ HaU , Eeq . at the Court Hwae , with having , g « nons times , eoq > osed his person tofeaales , whom ^^ « tite fi elds near Ponte&aet Laae , Two faferZL * * PK > red against him by three xeepec JS ^ raisa residing at Osmondthorpe , and on each Noc ^ f vL *^ sent t 0 Wakefidd House of Correofcfohvfi ** months , lliere waa also a charge of SK rtf * 0 * on * Joans « W preferred against J 5 » r « t here not being in the magistMte ' s opinion fff ^ eTidetee toeonvict him , this wm abandoned naUj however , in sentencing hi ™ to hi » six ^ aa ^ aonment , eMtionedHm as to hi * eon-^ W u * 1 » ih ^ a be oiua bow set at liberfr . J
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Thespujts in Tboxjble . —O a Monday last , the Conrt House vna crowded to exe ^ s by parties anxious to hear the charges which it had become known woald on that daj be preferred against a com pan j of Thespians , who had for some time occupied and performed in a baUding in East-street , near Crown Point , which they have denominated the " Royal Haymarket Theatre . " The party , who consisted of John D akin , John Rhodes , Jeremiah Lister , Benjamin Beal , Maria Armstrong , Henry Whimp , Joseph Swallow , John Chapman , John Firth , John Emmcrson , Jane Atkinson , Wm . Preston , George Lawrence , Benjamin Grimshaw , and Wm . Butler , were apprehended on Saturday night , in the Theatre , all dressed in character , on a warrant
granted by John Claphsm , Esq ., on tbe information of Mr . Superintendent James . It waa a " nmchado-about-nothing" affair altogether ; but if all we have heard about the "capture" be true , there was as much " pomp and circumstance * ' attending it , as ever there was in the marchingof a military force to attack » n enemy ' s camp . We do not ¦ hear that lie ** cutlasses" ware buckled on , but we believe ' tkat to secure these daring outlaws , two parties of the police fore * , each extra drilled , and ander the command of a subordinate officer , tho whole -andex the direction of Mr . Superintendent James , were employed . Mr . James having arranged the attack , one half of his force was ordered to adv&nce along tbe Calls , in order to attack tbe place in tbe rear , . whilst the other half proceeded along Kirkgate , and took possession of the regular
audience admission door . Just imagine the consternation that would ensue wlfen the poor theatricals found - themselves surrounded by such a formidable pquad—nothing awkward about them , of course . Why , had they been real , instead of assumed M kings , conquerors , banditti , " they . never could have expected such an enemy . But here they were in the very act of presuming to amuse an audience of their own olass , by performing a play . Aye , this was "the head and front of their offending 1 " The information of the " trap" charged them with keeping a certain house or room in Last-street , for stage play 3 and dramatic entertainments , int » which admission ^ as obtained by payment of money , and was laid under the 240 th section of the far-famed Town Council Improvement Act , which is as follows : —
" That it »>*« " be lawful for any justice by order in writing to authorise the head constable or any superintendent or inspector belonging to the police force in the borough , with such constables as he may think necessary to enter into any house or room kept or used within the borough for stage plays or dramatic entertalnmeat , or for any public show or exhibition , into -which admission is obtained by payment Of montjl , and Which is not a lieensed theatre or a room or place authorised by the mayor to be used for that purpose , at any time when the same shall be open for the reception of persons resorting thereto , and to take into custody all persons who shall be found th&iin without lawful excuse ; and every person keeping , using , or knowingly letting any house or other
tenement for the purpose * aforesaid , or any of them , shall be liable to a penalty not more th&n twenty pounds , recoverable before any two justices , and in default of payment of the penalty awarded and costs , may be committed to the house of correction , with or without hard labour , for a term not more than two months ; and every person performing or being therein without lawful excuse , shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings ,- and a coaviotion under this Act for this offence shall not exempt the owner , keeper , or manager of any snch house , room , or tenement from any penalty or penal consequences to which he may be liable for keeping a disorderly house or for the nnisance thereby occasioned ; provided that the onus of proving that such place is & licensed theatre shall be upon the person keeping the same . "
After this statute had been duly pointed out to the Magistrates on the bench , Griffith Wright and Rkiyrd Bramley , Esqrs ., and the several defendants had been arranged in order , Mr . Wright asked who proved the charge against them , when two police officers deposed to the capture , and to the party having all been dragged through the Btreets in theatrical costume , in which they were detained in prison unt il Sunday , when they were admitted to bail ; but on being asked if they could prove the receipt of any money they were . at once at fault . Mr . Wright first asked one and then another if there was » i « proof of monev having been paid
for admission , but the offioer ia # emmand , in his hurry for the honour of the capture , had forgotten this first and most important point , and a blank was visible on the countenances oj those who wished for a conviotion . Well , then , said the magistrate , if you cannot prove this , there isan endof the case . The chief constable— " I eelieve it cannot be proved , sir . " Magistrate — Then go about your business , ail of you . " A tremendous cheer from the audience followed this announcement , and the court was very * booh cleared . Mr . Charles Rajlor , solicitor , appeared for the defendants , bat the sudden termination of the case left him without an opportunity of " finding a flaw . " -
On this subject we have received from the Company themselves the following observations : — The Haymarket Theatre , East-street , near to Crownpoint , in Jyeeds , was opened on the 19 th of December , ! S < i , jmd has been carried on ever since , without any interruption from the authorities of the town , until Saturday evening , the 10 th December , 1842 , when , without any previous notice or intimation being given to the members , a body of police , headed by Superintendent James , entered the- Theatre , took into custody seventeen
individuals found there , and conveyed them , handcuffed as common felons , to tbe Police Office , under ( as was afterwards stated ) tbe authority of a magistrate's warrant , bnt which was never shown or read to . them , where they were searched and everything found upon them taken and detained in custody , without having the privilege of being admitted to bail , although it was tendered by respectable tradesmen en behalf of several of the parties , until one o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , when bail was accepted to the amonnt of eighty pounds .
Two females , in particular , ( onehaving an infant only three months old ) were apprehended and also undressed and searched ( even to their chemise ) and although a surgeon , through necessity , was called in to attend one of such females , and he stated that it would be dangerous for her to remain in custody , liberation was refused to them , although bail was offered to the amount of £ 100 . The female having the child , not having any milk at her breast , reqnested of Mrs . Lancaster the favour of a cupfull of milk and a small portion of bread , for the use of such child , and even this was refused .
Until tbe veiy moment of apprehension tbe members Were not aware that the Theatre wa * not carried on under the sanction of the authorities , inasmuch as shortly after its opening an application was made to Me Bead , the Chief Constable , to allow a police officer te attend the Theatre on each performance night , to preserve order , which he promised to do , and also to visit tbe Theatre personally , for the purpose . of ascertaining how it was conducted and carried on , but which be never did . Since that time different police officers have been in the nightly habit of visiting the Theatre , and have at various times received pecuniary benefit therefrom , amounting to upwards of £ 1 5 i Id addition to this , Inspector Child has at different times made personal applications for
tiex t « of admission , wbicb have been furnished accordingly , and members of his family have attended the Theatre therewith . Mr . Read now states that varous complaints have been made against the Theatre , and that he has given the members warning thereof , but which is incorrect , they never having received the least intimation thereof , and it is confidently believed thai do eeuspIsJat whatever has ever been lodged against the company , inasmuch , as no party appeared before the msgistrates , at the time of examination , to give any evidence in support of any such complaint It is currently supposed and understood , that the apprehension has arises solely from the offidousness of one of the police force , inasmuch , as one of such has since
stated that the parties might be thankful he bad not the opportunity of appearing against them from the fircBmstfince of his being suspended until the Watch Committee ' s next meeting . The members have never had the least desire to continue the Theatre against the wish of the authorities , as a proof thereof it may be stated , that when the disturbances took place is the neighbourhood of Leeds in Auguit last ,. they ' ( In compliance with the notice or tt quest issued by the Mayor and Magistrates for publicans , shopkeepers , and others to close their bouses and shops , & . C , by eight o ' clock in the evening ) although bills had been issued announcing two performances , the Theatre was forthwith / dosed and continued so until the town was restored to Quietness .
The Theatre has , in a verj great measure , been supported by contributions as although money may have been accepted ( when voluntarily offered ) from parties visiting it , the amount thereof has been barely adequate to discharge the expence of actresses , rent , gas , printing , rates , and musicians and the members have never received any pecuniary or other benefit further than the gratification they have derived from it as a source of amusement and employment for their leisure Lours , and many of them proudly and gratefully acknowledge that it has been the means of great intellectua l and educational improvement to them .
Great care has always been exercised in conducting it , so as to prevent any interruption from the paolio authorities , inasmuch as previous to accepting any party as % member , paztiealar enquiries have bees mads m to &U being an appwntfoe , or having the eonsent of his employer or parrot * to . become a member , asd ia cases whars it has been proved that parties had become members , contrary to the consent of their parents or eusplayars , they have been immediately fHimlMort from the sempany . The ooenpien are subject to the different rates , and have , paid all such as have been demanded of them np to the present time . The company also some time ago gave a performance for the benefit of tbe Leeds General Infirmary , and the surplus receipts , amounting to £ 2 10 s Od ., were handed over to the treasurer thereof ; and the same parties also gave a performance at the Leeds Theatre for tbe benefit of tbe unemplsyed poor , on which occasion they handed over to the treasurer at the fund the sum of £ 22 Oa . Od ,
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In addition to the annexed information tbe members are in possession of a document , a copy of whieh is hereto attached , signed by resident householders in the neighbourhood and vicinity of the Tiwatare , certifying that they have never suffered or received any annoyance , interruption , injury , or molestation of any description whatever faom the members , or visitors of tbe Theatre , and that they have not at the present , or at any time heretofore , had any cause to complain of any nuisance arising therefrom . As a proof of the estimation in which tbe members of the Theatre are held by the inhabitants of the town , may be adduced the circumstance of a very great number of highly respectable tradesmen attending , perfectly unsolicited , at the Police-office , on Sunday noon , and offering bail for the liberation of the parties ,
( COPY . ) " To the Worshipful ( he Mayor , and Magistrates , of the Borough of Leeds , in the County of York . " We the undersigned , being resident householders in the viclnitv or neighbourhood of the Haymarket Theatre , East-street , near to Crown Point , in Leeds aforesaid , do hereby respectfully certify that we have never suffered or received any annoyance , interruption , injury , or molestation , of any description whatever , from tbe members or visitors of the said Theatre ; and that w « have not at the present , or at anytime heretofore , had any cause to complain of any nuisance arising therefrom . "As witness our hands this Eleventh Day of September , IS 42 .
"John Williams " John Robinson James Preston William Crampton Thomas Shores Ann Westwood John Phillips John Watson Hannah Jenkinson Saml . Switbenbank John Ddan Josh . Greenwood Joseph Hodgson J no . Williamson ¦ William Graham We Wright Robert Bilton James Bull John Best William Beck James Straker Jno . Thompson Ann RobinBon John Peaker Thomas Clubley George Rainton . " OABXETON . —Ikcendiaby Fiac . —On Thursday morning one of the most awful and destructive ineendiarr fires tkat has ever occurred ia this part of the country , broke out in a farm yard , situate about half a mile from the town , and a considerable distance from any house , belonging to Mr . Cheeseman , tallow-chandler . The fire was first discovered about three o ' clock in the morning , by Thomas Peters , the night oollierman , -who instantly Rave the alarm through the town , when a great part of the male inhabitants arose from their slumbers to render assistance in the extinquishing of this dreadful conflagration ; but , unfortunntely , without success , for the fire had made such a ferocious progress from the wheat stack , from whence it appeals it originated , to the adjacent stacks and buildings , that all attempts to save any of the property were vain : there
being but little water to supply the engine , all , therefore , was literally consumed . A large wheat stack , a bean stack , and hay stacks , which it is said were insured for £ 500 , were burnt to ashes ; and all the buildings , consisting of a barn a granary , a hovel , stabling , &c , shared the same fate . Four very valuable horses , which were looked in the stable , were burnt to death , as were also upwards of fifty-five fowls , which were roosting in some of the buildings . Some cats , shut in the barn for the purpose of destroying vermin , aad a dog that was usually shut in the building as a guard , fell sacrifices to the devouring element . Nothing can be as-Signed for the perpetration of bo horrible a deed , as Mr . Cb&eseman beara a most excellent character , as bring a kind and generous friend and good master , consequently , generally beloved and esteemed by his workpeople , and all who know him .
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Suspension of Enlistment in tub Navt . —An order has been issued upon Dr . Bell and Lieutenant Green , of the Tower division , not to pass any more men for the navy , until fresh directions are issued by the Admiralty . Explosion op Fire Dam * . — We regret to be obliged to announce another fatal explosion of firedamp at the colliery of Messrs . Russell and Co ., at Risca , which took place on Thursday evening last , by which two unfortunate individuals , named Walker and Phillips , lost their lives , and five or six other persons employed iu the works were more or Ies 9 wounded . We understand that the said catastrophe arose solely in consequence of the gross aegligeuce of the unfortunate man Walker , who was watchman in the pit , aud who used a caudle after putting aside the Davy ' s lamp mth which he was supplied . —Monmouth Merlin .
The Monument . —Perilous Feat . —Wednesday morning a crowd of persons were assembled in the neighbourhood of the monument , their attention being drawn to a man standing on the summit above the gilt part , which is intended to represent names . It appeared ( hat some portion of the iron work at the top required repair , aud some workmen were sent up to do it , when one more venturesome than the rest , got through the trap door , and after shutting down the opening , stood upright at the top , to the astonishment of the spectators . He remained there for some minutes , and then descended in safety . The Present State op Moscow . —The Russian journals give some details relative t > Moscow , which are not without interest . Towards the end of the
17 th century , manoiactories of cloth , silk , cotton , glaes , porcelain , and crockery ware , were established in this city , bat without any decided effect until 1822 , when , in consequence of the protective system adopted by the Government , Moscow became the centre of a vast number of manufactories , all in the most flourishing state . At present there are , in and about the city , not less than a thousand of theis establishments sending forth goods to the amount of 40 , 000 , 000 Bilver rubles a yetr . Upwards of 40 , 000 workmen are employed in those manufactories , besides 30 , 000 in various trades . The prosperity of the city has , in fact , increased to such a point , that all traces of the terrible catastrophe of 1812 , by fire , are entirely effaced .
Fatal Accide . m at Cakk Bkea Mines . —We have very great pain in having to announce the occurrence of an accident at these mines , attended with losa of life to one of the miners , and very serieua bodily injuries to a great many others ; besides a destruction of property variously estimated at from £ 800 to £ 1000 , the principal part of which loss falls , we understand , upon the labouring men . There was a large shed on the mine , in which the men change their clothes previous to going under ground , and again when they leave work . The apartment was about 150 feet long and twelve feet wide , within the walls ; but as there was a row of lockers , or cupboards , on each side of about two feet in depth , the shed was narrowed to eight feet : and
this space was still further lessened by large iron pipes carried along the centre for the purpose of warming the place by means of steam . There were nearly 400 of these cupboard ? , in which the miners locked up their wearing apparel , tools , candles , and powder . In consequence of the men having been very frequently robbed , there were no means left of getting in or out of the place but through a narrow door at the side , and within five or six feet of the end . At six o ' clock on Wednesday morning , about forty or fifty men were in the place , preparing for going under ground , when a young man of the name of John Waters , whose locker was very * near the door , was pouring out gunpowder from a quarter of a hundred cask
into a small canister , which he was to carry underground , his candle , which he had stuck upon the iron pipe above him , fell , or dropped a spark npon tbe powder , and produced a terrible explosion . Waters appears to have been shattered so much that when his remains were collected , it was only from the certainty that no other person was missing that they could be known to be his . His father , who had been standing rear him , was also so much injured by the explosion , that it was doubtful if he wouid live to reach his home in Crowan Church Town , where he was immediately removed . The explosion appears to have set the lockers , on both sides of tbe house , instantly in a blaze ; and as there was distributed amoDg them upwards of 10 cwt . of
gunpowder , and a very large quantity of candles , the flames spread rapidly , occasioning a constant succession of explosions , which might be seen for several miles around . As the fire originated near the door , it may easily be perceived that the situation of all the men in the house was imminently precarious , and several in endeavouring to escape by the door were terribly mutilated , and we understand that three or four of tbe sufferers are in a very dangerous situation . Nine men , besides those named , were seriously injared , and several others slightly so . At length , when the heat and Bmoke had become almost suffocating , openings were forced in the wall and roof at the Inner eud of the building , and the remainder of tbe men escaped . The names of the nine sufferers are Harvey , Wm . Hockin , John Cock , Thomas Cock , Samuel Marten , and son , Thomas and John NichoIlB , brothers , and Tbomas Michel ! . Messrs . £ . aud R . Lanyon , of Camborne , and J .
Richards , of Redruth . surgeons , attended on the sunerera , and dressed their wounds , after which they were carefully removed . The lota of property to the men has been very £ * riong . Some who wore underground have had their wearing apparel destroyed , and hundreds more the flannel dresses which th » y wear at their work . About four hundred men have in this way sustained an average loss of £ 1 per man ; besides the tools and materials , for which also they * are responsible . The loss to the adventurers consequent on the destruction of the buiidiDg , and the suspension of labour which has occurred , and must still , » some parts of the mine , continue , may be ronghly judged at nearly as much more . Many » f the poor men , for want of clothes , or the money to purchase them , will be unable for some time to resume their labour , and w « shall rejoice to hear that a Embseriptioa has been entered iato for their reHefc— Wot Briton .
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The bate pay ers of tke county of Worcester are arrangiDij adetermined opposition , to the rural police force . PetiuouB are preparing in various parts of tbe county , for presentation at the forthcoming Epiphany sessions , j Christmas ^ olidays . —As Christmas falls on a Sunda y , the industrious people , assistants , apprentices , &c , will have no holiday , unless the shopkeepers should agree to close on the Monday following . We hope they will do so . Giving the people a release from business occasionally ia a good old custom , and a ay i-j additioa t 0 ¦¦ <*'« present stinted compliment of holidays once m Bix years is no great sacrifice on the part of those who reap the advantage of their servioeB .
Loss of a Shjp bt Fire -The Mowing , communication has been received at Lloyd ' s : — " The James Wearne which arrived off Lisbon on Saturday , the 26 n of iast month , reports having , on the n »? b . t of theJ 8 ih ,.-26 leagues S . W . of Scilly , come np with a vessel on fire . Upon first beiujj observed by the crew of the above vessel , the flames appeared to have commenced in the after-part of her , the mainmast had been destroyed , and had fallen overboard , bat the foremast was standing , with double reefed topsails and foresail set . They made an attempt to ascertain her name , but were unable to do so , owing to the severity , of the fire , which continued to rage tho whole of that night until ten o clock . the . . following morning , when she disappeared beneath the ocean . Those belonging to the unfortunate brig , for such she proved to be , are supposed to have escaped by taking to the boats ; uo tidings , however , have yet been received of their fate . "
The Dead Alive . —Mr . Hill , of Olatrim , whose murder was eirfiumBtanHall y recorded in a late number of the Limerick Reporter , has written to the editor of tho Nenagh Guardian , to say that he is still alive and well . Mr . Hill complains of the trouble and expense his relatives have been put to by the report in question , some of them having come from distant parts of Ireland for the purpose of burying him . " On die day ( continues Mr . Hill ) the Reporter says I was shot , I , with 60 , 000 of my fellow-oountrymen , attended the great meeting at Dnnkerrin , to hear the Rev . Mr . Nolan , eloquently arid emphatically exhort us to pay obedience to the laws , and to aid in suppressing illegal societies . Now , Sir , I hope that you will comradiot the vile report of my death , for if I was shot at and wounded oil the day in question , I could not be at the Dunkerrin meeting , ano if I was dead J couldn't write this letter . "
Louth . —Sale of a Wife prevented . — We are sorry to have to record that another of those disgraceful ebullitions of public depravity , the sale of a wife in tho public market ( happily prevented from being effected by the vijjilance of the police ) , occurred on the 30 th ult . The offending parties , followed by a vast crowd , were brought before S . Tronght , ISsq ., who investigated the affair . The Magistrate said it was intolerable to witness a wife dragged into the market for Bale like a brute beast , and it was the determination of the Magistrates to put an end to a system which subjected the happiness of the domestic
drclo to the libidinous propensities of ev . ery designing knave who chose to interrupt it . The parties had had a narrow escape , as , had the sale been effected , he would certainly have fully committed them to the quarter sessions to take their trial for so groBS an outrage ; as it was , he would bind the parties in £ 5 each to keep the peace in future . On their liberation , they were chased round the church by the mob , and it was not until the protection of the police had , been obtained , that they were enabled to effect a safe retreat to their proper homes , —Starnford Mercurv .
Attempted MpRDEBAN&SuicrDK . —Ofl Thursday evening last , the inhabitants of Kilwinning were alarmed by the intelligence that an attempt had been made to murder a female , named Margaret Gardiner , by an individual who had formerly been her lodger . The man in question , Jamoa Marshall , a mason , had been residing in Kilwinning fora considerable time past , but bad lately left for Ireland , where ho had be ^ n for a shor t period , » nd onty ¦ returned on tbe same evening when he attempted the life of his victim , and sacrificed his own . He mot her with great coming kindness , and afterwards invited her a few yards away / rom the house , when he drew a knife and stabbed her in the lower part of the abdomen . Fortunately , the weapon came in contact with the busk of her stays , and was thereby diverted from its intended course , elso , no doubt , the wound would have proved fatal . She shrieked "Murder , " and ran into the house , and medical assistance was
immediately sent for , and the wound dressed . We are glad to say that she is rapidly recovering . In the meantime Marshall made his escape , but , on the search being instituted by the police and others , he was found lyingin the garden , and taken / to ' Va- place of security . _ He soon after exhibited signs of beins ; extremely ill , and confessed to his having taken a strong dose of arw > nic . He expired , after enduring great agony , on Friday at noon . The unfortunate man was about 60 years of ago—some say nearly 70 —and previous to his death stated that he had como all the way from Ireland with the sole intention of perpetrating the deed that has been so providentially frustrated . He had been previously three times married , and l ore and jealousy combined are said to have been the incentives to the commission of the rash act . He is also said to be the last of the line of the celebrated gypsies of the samo name . —Ayr Ad-, vertister .
Passes to Vaghants , —On Saturday a young man , apparently in a vory bad state 6 f health , applied to the sitting magistrate at Greenwich under the following circumstances . —He said , that he had been committed to Maidstone Gaol a week before , and the other worthy magistrate ( Mr . Jeremy ) had directed that he Bhould be furnished , on leaving the prison , with a county pass , so that ho might have some relief , from parish to parish , to help him on hfs way to Hull . He had , however , been turned out of prison and was destitute . Mr . Grove asked for what offence he had been committed X The applicant said , he had been admitted into the Greewich Union and had refused to work in order that he might be sent to prison , for he was so far from home and ho was too ill to work . Mr . Jeremy ( who was
present ) said , he remembered the case , and that he bad made a special memorandum on the commitment recommending a pass , and he could' not think why the visiting magistrates had not granted one . One of the officers said , they never did in such cases . Mr . Jeremy—I do not think they act legally : they have no right to turn a man out of prison destitute , so that he will be a vagrant in the next parish he goes into ; it was impossible he could go any distance without begging . Mr . Groves said , that in Middlesex and Surrey they granted passes , and it was a most excellent plan , and the police magistrates frequently committed persons who were deserving 6 bjeots to prison for a day or two to entitle them to a pass . The poor fellow had 2 s . 6 d ; given him from the poor-box . —London Times .
Attempted Suicides through Distress , and BEING BEFDSED ReUKF . FBOH THB PABISH .-HOn Friday morning week , a poor man , named Seaward , who resided near Wey mouth- terrace , Hackney-road , was brought to the London hospital , with his throat out in so frightful a manner that very little hope wa § entertained of his recovery . It seemed that the poor man , who is about fifty years of age , and his two children , had been reduced to a state of great diptress , which compelled him to apply to the officers of Shoreditch parish for relief but they , according to his statement , refused to do anything for him , and , in a fit of despair and desperation the unfortunate man cut his throat in a shookmg manner . Op Thursday , a young man , aged nineteen , named John
Black , was brought to the 6 ame hospital , having previously swallowed two-penny-worth of arsenic It appeared that Black , who was by trade a French polisher , used to work for his brother , in Hoxton , but having quarrelled with him , they parted , aud ho had not been able afterwards to obtain any employment at his trade , and was , in consequonce , reduced to the greatest possible distress . He purchased twopennyworth of arsenic at a chemist ' s shop , saying it was for the purpose of destroying rats , and brought it to a common lodging-house , in Wontworth-streefc , where he mixed it up in a cup , with some water , and swallowed it . Two other lodgers , named Jones and Fowell , observed him , and suspecting he had taken something , called in two policemen , 22 and 36 H , and they removed him to the hospital .
Muhdehs at Gbeat Yarmodth . —The town of Yarmouth was last week thrown into excitement in consequence of two murders having been committed last Saturday night . The particulars are as follows : —It appeare that on Saturday two ferrymen , named Ward and William Mann , having to settle about some fish whioh they had brought to market , and Mann not giving full satisfaction to the other , a quarrel ensued , and Ward knocked Mann down , saying , ' * Now I will do for yon J" and gave him a kick in the abdomen ; the poor fellow never spoke afterwards , and expired in about an hour . Ward waa apprehended the same night , and was taken before Mr . S . Palmer ( the Mayor ) and a bench of magistrates on Monday , when , after a lengthy investigation , he was committed to Nerwicb . Castle to take his trial at the nffxfc assizes * On the same night , or early on Sunday morning , a soldier ( who was on leave of absence , and who arrived in Yarmouth only on the Thursday , on a visit )* on going up
Charlottestreet , accompanied by an old comrade , were saluted by two girls , ' who asked for some gin . The soldier said he would give th « m some if they knew where to get it . npon wbiph they took them to the Green Man and Boot p » blic-house , in the same street , where tbe soldiers called for some gin , which the landlord said came to 6 d . On the soldier paying the money , he remarked that he could get as much , for 2 d , which exasperated the landlord , who after using" some very violent epithets , flew on the Boldier and endeavoured to strangle him by pressing his knuckles m his throat , he then threw him with great violence on the stones , and the man ' s head came in contact with the kerb with Encb force as to render him insensible ; from this state he never recovered , and lingered up to Thursday morning , wheii he expired . The deoeased bad just arrived ] n England from India , and had been in tbe servioe twenty years . Moor ( the landlord ) haa been taken into cuaUdy .
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Jordan , the clerk who absconded with the money of the London Joint-Stock Bank , has returned all the sum taken , with the exception of £ 40 . An action was brought in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Thursday , by Dr . Carpue , the eminent surgeon , against the London and Brighton Railway Company , to recover compensation for injuries inflioted upon him by the dreadful accident whioh took place on the Brighton line , near the Hay ward Heath Tunnel , about fourteen months ago , and by which four persons w&b killed , among them two femalo servants of the plaintiff , who were travelling witb their master and his daughter . Mr . Carpue himself ,
who is seventy-two yeara of age , was so severely injured as to be confined to his bed for sis weeks after , and he bad been obliged to givo up the exercise of his profession ever sincei . The damages were laid at £ 1000 . Among the witnesses examined were Baron Kolhsohild , who deposed that the train Was going very rapidly at the time , and Lieut .-General Sir F . Smith ; inspector-general of railways , who had examined the line , and thought it in good order . The evidence as to the Bpeed of the train was contradictory . Lord Denman , in summing up , said that the onus probandi , th ^ proof that tho ocourreneo was no fault of theirs , " lay with the company , and the jury returned for the plaintiff—damages ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
£ 250 . : . - ¦ : ¦; . / ,. ; .. ... . - . - ,. . .. . ¦ _ . . The Unemployed in pAisL ^ Y . The number of the unemployed is bow upwards of 10 , 000 . and is still on the increase ; The scanty pittance allowed them is this we k reduced one-half , owing to the weekly remittances from London having become less , and the committee ( now , it is said , clear of debt ) , arc uuwilling to guarantee a further allowance . What step will be taken in this exigency we cannot tell . Perliapa , the country geatlemeu would do something to alkviate the distress . At their lasi meeting , they rfsolved to raise : £ 3 , 000 by voluntary assessment
over the county ; but it is agreed on all bauds that not more than £ 500 will bo dorived from this source—a . > um altogether inadequate . Paisley , Greenock , KiJbarchan , John stone—all aw suffering . Even in the Mearns , according to the statement made by the minister in the presbytery , the distress is very great , 500 additional having lately , been thrown upon him and a few others tot support . Renfrew : and Locbwiuaoch , as wait , *¦» . Si * y ? b . ei 4 according 6 o thoir repectivo njiujsjerB , " jura likewise Buffering Beverly , . l ^ efc the minfs , teTs an ^' pth ^ rs unite in the crusade for froe-trade ; for to tie it seaips that that is the only means whereby we can expect permanent relief . —Glasgow Citizen .
Atmospheric Changes . —Although changes in the temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zone : than in other latitudes , there is scarcely a spot to be found Tvhore such great differences exist a ? in Great Britain , varying in a few hours some twenty degrees or more . The effect of euoh rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflicting to many thousands of persons , especially those in the middle and more advanced ages of life , causing attacks of those painful disorders , Sciatiea , Gout , and Rheumatism . Happi ly , for those who are afflicted with those painful diseases , chemical science has produced that excellent modioine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills . Daring Outragb . —A daring and barbarous outrage was oommitted in tho neighbourhood of Shanagolden last Sunday night , when , at the early hour of seven o ' clock , an armed party of marauders , whose faces were blackened , attacked the dwelling house of Mr . Gerald O'Connor , near that to wn , and broke his
doors and windows , robbed him of a bluderbuss and oase of pistole , broke ; his desk , and took what money it contained . Not being patisfied with their booty , as they did not find Mr . O'Conuor ( the object of their vengeance ) at home , they beat and out Mrs . O'Connor severely , and inflicted a ghastly wonnd with the butt-end of a musket on tho head of Charles M-DonneU , who was ou a visit in tho house , and iad resisted the savages when breaking the door . Young Mr . O'Connor , too , received a severe beating , notwithstanding which he g 3 ve the alarm to constable Lilly , Who with a party of only two , pursued the sanguinary ruffians , but they escaped , withthe advantage of an early start s and tho night being very dark ; Mr . O'Connor lately set up a public car between Shanagoldeu and Limerick , and . thereby redaced the fare considerably , and , possibly this may be one came of his being obnoxious to some persons . —LimerickChronicle .
Richabd Oastler . —At length , as we learn from the last number of the Fleet Ptipers , the late act for the regulation of the Q ^ eu's Prison , and the abolition of the prison of " The Fleet , " has been carried into effect with regard to the person of our esteemed friend Richard Oastlery It appears that on the 12 i ; h of November , in pursuance of a general warrant frbm Lord Denman , 'Lord Chief Justice , Mr . Oastler was removed from the Fleet Prison to the Queen ' s Prison ; and that he is now located in room No . 2 , ataircwe , No . 16 . Mr . Oaatier was committed to the Fleet Prison , at the suit of Mr . Thoruhill , on the 9 th . of December , 1840 ; so that ho has been incarcerated two yeara ; and a 4 His means of payment are no greater now than they were * at that time , it is to be hoped that Mr . ThomhiU will soon be of opinion that he has suffered guffioiently . Wo observe that since Mr . Oastler's removal he has addressed his little " Fleetera " to Sir James Graham , Bartii instead of to Mr . Thornhill .
Melanc ? oi , t Case of Seditctipn ajO > gxncipB . — An inquest waa held on Monday , before Mr * Wakley , M . P ., at the Skinner ' s Arms , Hart-street , Paddington , on the body of Emily Churchill , aged 22 , who committed suicide under the following melancholy circumstances : —Mary Jackson , of 10 , Hart-street , widow , stated that the deceased had lodged at her house for about four months . She had a child with her , and said that her parents wpretha ovfhors Of a very large farm in , Yorkshire ; that she bad left home atjpujb . two years ago , in consequence of some difpirenoes with her family , and ; about eJgliteen months ago got into service in London , and very soon , ' after-was seduced by a geutleman , under a solemn promise of marriage . IP she went home
shesaid 8 h « feared her . father and mother would hot look at her , and she thought her Beducer was going to be married to another , and if h © did fihe Would not be long for this worM , for ahe could- never afterwards be happy iu it . Witness had frequently seen a gentleman call-on her ; the last time was on Monday . On Thuraday he pent deceased a letter , and she afterwards tola witness h « was going into the country for a few months . The deceased remarked that was only an excuse , and she believed he was going to get married the next morning . On the Friday , finding that tho deceased did not come down to breakfast as usual she went up to her room and found her hanging by a rope from ' " a nail in the" wall . The poor child was lying in bed asleep . Witness
went for a surgeon , who , on his arrival , said she had been dead two or three hours . By the Coronerr-Tho gentleman appeared to behave most kindly to her , and she never wanted for anything . ' Witness added , that & letter was found on the deceased's table ; it was unsealod , and was to thefollqwing purport : —** My dear Charles ; I cannot bear up withioy misfortUTieg and troubles any longer . You know you have so often promised to marry me . I could never bear to eee my father and mother again unless you keep your promise , and how you are going to get married to another . It is more than I can bear , dear Charles . I did not think you would
have so deceived me , after your sacred promise ; my mind is quite distracted . People in this world will laugh at mei and I shall be pointed at by every One . I am r ^ sslved to make avvay With myself , and before you receive this letter I shall be no more ; but I pray God yott will take care of my dear little Emily , and do not desert her as you have me . I hope God will forgive me , and my dear father and mother . Once more I pray you to take care of Emily . Adieu , dear Charles , and God bo with you ! Yonr one ? truly affuctionate lover —< EjiaY Churchill . " After the summing up of the Coroner , the jury returned a verdict of "temporary ^ insanity . "
. United States . — -By the ship Hottingner , Captain Bursley , which arrived at Liverpool on Friday , wo have recBived a New York Herald , of the 2 l '~ h ulfc . The Hottingucr has brought homo a large number of those unfortunate emigrants who have left this country in the hope of bettering their condition , but are , from some cause , disappointod iu finding a home in the United States , and havo returned in worse conditien than they" staTted . She has not less than two hundred od board . Mr . James W . Webb , the editor of the pew Fork Courier and Enquirer , was brought up for judgement on the 19 h , fbr leaving the State some time back with the intention of Sighting a duel with a gentleman known as the Hon . Thomas Marshall : b « pleaded guilty , and was sent to prison , the Court deferring : sentence for a few days , apparently to give the Governor of the State opportunity to grant a pardon ; should he not do so , Mr . Webb must be imprisoned for not less than two , or more than five , years .
PoRT'DQAt .- ^ We have received intelligence from Lisbon to rhe 5 th inst ., brought by the Royal Tar steamer . There had been dreadful gales on the coast of Portugal by which two English vessels ware driven on shore . Oa the 26 th ult ., at Pedras Negrae , 25 miles south of Figueira , the ship Chatbam , Sargent , Master , from London to Sydney with a general cargo and ten passengers , was stranded , and three seamen with two passengers perished . The barque Wexford , from Newport to Malta , with coals , ran ashore inside tho bar of St , Ubea , crew all Baved . Hoped were entertained of Bavingthe cargo of the Chatban ; but it was very doubtful whether either of the two vessels could be got off . The mu nioipal elections at Lisbon and Oporto had terminated in favour of the Government : and throughout the districts of Donro and AVeiro tbe general result , it was believed , would be the same .
BrAm . —Thd Pvr ^ MonileUr of Saturday announces the capitulation of Barcelona in the" following dispatch , addressed to the French Goyernment : —• Pebpionai ? , Dec . 6 . —Accountg ffbin Perthjiis , received this morning state tha * Barcelona capitulated the day before yesterday . Th ^ itthabrttott of Girona , who were marpaisij pa Bajpalpn * , returiiea home on hearing the , nuw 3 ., T } ier ^ aie aeither letterflnorBaBaOnKeriftoaiBMCelona ,
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Laconic Correspondence .-- We find the following corresponiience in a touthern paper : — Dear Son , —Come home ; a rolling stone gathers no moss , — - Luoy Muggins . " To which he replied : — " Dear Mamma , —Come to Texas ; a setting hen never geta fat . —John Maggin . 8 . " - ^ American paper . Ik the Coort of Queen ' s Bench , on Monday , Mr . Howard , Stockdale ' s attorney , in hi 9 fourth action against the Messrs . Hansard dunog tin- celebrated privilege- struggle , obtained a verdict , witn £ 100 damagei , against Messrs . Gossett and Bellamy , offioers of the House of Commons , and two other persons , for V trespass in the execution of iha Speaker ' s -warrant to search for tae pereon 01 Howard . - ' - ¦ ' ¦ ' : •• ¦' . - ' '¦ . ¦ - '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ ' ^ ' ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ¦¦' - '¦ . ' . ' .
Cheap Pork . —When pigs is scarce , there ' s plenty o' way of filling the pork barrel for them Britinhors . You know there ' s young porpesses , seals , an slick dogs , as well as bears an possums , an thero ' s plenty of bones o ' them pigs that died in murrain time td put along with um . Them ere pigs wa ' rnt a no use then—but how , we know better—we sha ' nt throw away nothing . But man , it a ' nt lawful to put no young children in pickle . —¦^ fnerican paper . A case op rather singular character came oa before the Vice-Ghancellor of England , on Tuesday , on the question whether Mr . John Gildhart , described as late of Liverpool , a gentleman born deaf
aud dumb , but of sound mind , could acquire a vested interest in the freehold and copyhold estates deviled by his father , on the ground that the . father had , ia his will , appointed trustees for thovdisbursemen's for his son ' s maintenance , although he was then thirtytwo years of age , and also for the education of his children , if he should marry . Sir L . Shadwell said that the testator had evidently contemplated the contingency of-his son's marrying , and he did not see how he could have considered hia son capable " of esercisiug the discreJion of disposing of himself bat not of his propeity , ^ and therefore declared the reversion vested in the deaf and dumb man .
Arrival of Major Malcolm with the Chijjesb Trkaty for the Signature of the Queen . —Major Malcolm , of the 3 rd Dragoons , Secretary to the Legation at China , and Captain Richards , of her MajeBty ' B ship CornwalliSj | & 4 , arrived at Deyonport on Friday morning from China in the Locust steamvessel , Lieutenant Commander Lunn . Major Malcolm ia the bea «« r of the treaty of peace concluded byherMajesty ' s PJenipotentiary ^ $ ir H . Putni /^ tr , with the Emperor of China . ¦ U bearn ^ ha . aiiuiaturca of . the three High Commissioner ^ , deputed by the Emperor and sent to Nankin to arrange the terms , &p . Major Malcolm brings a letter of assent from the \ Emperor himself , solemnly engaging to ratify the treaty as soon as it shall bereturhed to him With
the signature of her Majesty attached thereto . Captain Richards has despatchss for the Admiralty from Vice-Admiral Sir Wm . Parker , the naval « cnimandor-in-chief of the Chinese ooast . The Blonde frigate , 46 , Captain Boachier , had sailed from China for England with two million and a half of dollars of the Chinese compensatioa maaey . The authorities of this port having especial orders to admit the Locust to pratique as speedily as possible should she touoh at Plymouth , she was very soon relieved irom quarantine , aud Major MalcolmVas enabled to land at Mutton Cove on Friday , at eleven o ' clock , a . m ., when he proceeded immediately to London by express . The Loonst has brought and landed as Indian mail ; But the contents have in a great
measure been anticipated by the Oriental , via Marseilles . The Locust has been twelve days on her passage from Malta . She was despatched to England from Malta in consequence of being the only vessel available at that port whea Major Malcolm arrived , for the other steamers were under repair . She ia comparatively of very small power , and incurred delay on the voyage by being obliged to touoh at Gibraltar and Yigo for coals . SiNGUtAR Case . —An inquest was held at the Lord Nelson public hon 3 e , Bolton-moor , on Thursday erenihg , npon the body of Ann Heywood , a pauper ia Great Bolton workhouse , 73 years of age , who , it waa alleged , had received cruel treatment from the nurse in the hospital . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had had a fall last winter , and since that period bad been c » nfined to bed . Oa
Wednesday e > ening , tha nurse , Mary Davenport , who is addicted to liquor , and was then not very sober , fancying that the poor old woman , was dead , proceeded to have her dragged down etairs , on a bed ; and , after washing her , placed her in the deadbouse , upon a stone . A rumour got out that the old woman > vas still alive , and the governor of the workhouse , on being informed of wbat bad taken place , opened the deadhouee door , and found that that was the faot . He immediately'icad the womaa conveyed back to her room , but j jne expired immadiately afterwards . The jury returned a verdict of "Died by natural decay , " acoompanied by a severe censure upon the nurse , and a recommendation that she should be discharged . At the meeting of the board of guardians yesterday tbe recommendation of the jury was carried into effeot , —Mamhebttr Guardian . ' -
Desperate Attempt at Murdbr aud Suicide . — - Shortly before one o'clock on Tuesday , a most cetcrmined attempt at murder and suioide was committed at the tap © f the Auction-mart , Coffae-houje , Throgmorton street , by a young man named William Cannell , about twenty-one years of age , and who waa potman at the bouse . Ilia intended victim is a female about forty , a confidential servant of the name of Magnus . From the few particulars that could ba obtained , it appears that for Borne time , past tiusro has been considerable jealousy shown by Cannell , owing : to tho conduct of his fellow-servant , ana ha has often been heard to use threats towards her . Last evening . they went to the theatre together , ia the absence from home of Mr . Baker , the propric tar , and his famtly ; aud ; oa their return a alight altercation took place between them , and on the unfortunate woman reaching the passage , on her way to
bed , Cann « IJ fired a pistol at her , the contents of which entered a little below the shoulder , on the left side . ThereportofthepistQl brought some persona from another room , when Magnus was found lying in tne passage , weltering in her blood , and Cannell was in . the aot of cutting his own throat with a razor while standing inside the bar . He was , however , prevented from accomplishing the last part of hia desperate intention , aJthoufth he had iuflicted severe wounds on himself . The femalo was quickly attended byMr . Salmon , surgeon , of Broad-street , who , oa examination of the wounds , was of opinion that no immediate danger was to be apprehended . Cannell was taken to the 8 tation'house , and thence to the hospital , in a very exhausted state . 'I t could not bo ascertained bow he _ possessed , himself with the weapons , bat it is supposed that he must have had , them in his possession the whole of the evening .
Acoordikg to the Irish newspapers , an aotioa for breach of promise of marriage , of rather a singular character , ia aboutto occupy the Dublin bar , in which the plaintiff is a gallant captaiD , and tho defendant a young lady with a fortune of £ 50 , 000 . The whole affair is highly curious . Captain troslin , of the 84 th regiment , waa the suitor of the lady in question , Miss Harding , with the warm approbation and recommendation of her father ' s friends and executors , but , as it would afterwards appear , ' with only the lukewarm assent of the heiress herself . However ^ this saemld . , ' «» fa ^ Becured , thkt the ' p , !; lant captain was Bummoned to his bridals at Dublin from his regiment at Chatham , the dresses were made , and the hour was fixed . But fate , which controls such events , intervened . The almost brida was returning from a walk alone , when she met
at her door-her former lover , Mr . Fnatherstone , upon whose addresses- the executors , with hearts of millstone , had put a veto . What passed at the interview is not fillly reported , bat expostalations , eloquent with sighs and warm pleadings , are said to have been , indistinctly heard , and the result wag , that on what should have been the Captain ' s wedding morning , the bride was not to be found , but a note only made known to her astonished friend ? , that she was away with her "Jock o' Haa ' edean , ' and was married that morning . It is intimated that the Captain at first invited the more fortunate lover to an interchange of shots ; hut the latter , who , in hia new aDd happy position , had his own views ou the subject of " satisfaction , '' very naturally and wisely declined the invitation * - >¦ . , ¦ ; -
Suicide op Colt ; the Mouderer at New Yobk . —Politics , commerce , currency , finance , and all the usual topics , of American excitement are almost passed over in the New York papers , to make room for details connected with the rather remarkable suicide of John C . Colt , a prisoner ordered for execution for murder , and who wiMf married and destroyed himself on the day on which he was to have been hanged . As the circumstances altogether are peculiar , tee shall give an abstract of their principal features . It may be in the recoHection ; of our readers that the charge on which Colt was tried was that of having murdered a Mr . Adams , whose b « dy he packed in » case , and addressed to » port in the Southern States . The case was actually oa
board the packet when the discovery of ita contents was made , and CoU ' a convifltion was the etmB&m&niba After his condemnation , offers of large rewards were successively and ineffectually made to the several turnkeys of the prison , on condition at their conniving at his escape in female ' s elothing , a woman with whom be had cohabited having offered to exohauge dresses at one of her visits . T ^ this y « ry woman Colt was married on the morning of tha Buicjde , and of the intended execution . He appeared to be quite attentive to the exhortatidjfl of nw spiritual attendant , was shaved , and preptred for the last fearful
scene , and lef tby himself for a tew minutes . When the officers again entered the cell he was lying dead , h&vinR Bt&bbed himself ia the left ride with a knif « j which wasconreyed to him by soaw person unknown . Oddly enough , at the very moment of this discovery , a fire broke out in one . .- © f ihft . departments of the gaol , and which did considerable damage before it was extinguished . One of the journals remarlariB | c | j ^ «^ , - this circumstance might have : led to the eq ^ i tti ^^| « VCjy& the prisoner had he not < Jr < irfy _ 'COnBnnajp ^ pj ^ |^^?^ glBir * st act of self-destruction , ^ e ^ nsatwn ejWgPl ^ LJ ^ g&Jk thja ooourrtnee is nearly eqaai to th ^ iWmj ^ l ^ spSHGL ieted in London at the time of the ^ 1 B | HMd ^^ KwS
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 17, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct461/page/3/
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